People from one of the oldest cultures of the world have been captured in a photo series that looks to alter perceptions of their daily lives in South Africa and reveal their true identity.

The Khoi San, or San, people of Andriesvale, Northern Cape are the first nation of South Africa, an indigenous population dating back to some of the first human remains of 125,000 B.C with presence in other countries such as Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

The San people speak a language called Khoisan, known for its clicking sounds and many different dialects. Their history as a hunter-gatherer society gave them the name of 'Bushmen', a term now considered derogatory.

Pictured, Elsie Bock wearing a multi-coloured scarf around her head in a series by British photographer Thom Pierce, 39, which captures the San people of South Africa in order to rid the commonly held perceptions of their daily lives

Photographer Thom Pierce, 39, has produced the portrait series to challenge these stereotypes - a perception that they are 'primitive', sort of social outcasts, which can often heighten the discrimination that the people regularly face in South Africa.

Mr Pierce, hailing from Jersey in the Channel Islands, wanted to illustrate the community as they were, rather than how they were often misinterpreted as 'Bushmen' wearing skins and hunting animals.

Pictured, Juliena Rooi in her home with her children is one image in the photograph series that changes the perception of the San people as a hunter-gatherer society wearing skins and hunting animals

Pictured, Adam Griekwa is part of the Khoi San people of Andriesvale, Northern Cape, one of the world's oldest cultures dating back to the first human remains of 125,000 B.C

Pictured, Elia Festus poses in his home for British photographer Thom Pierce, 39, who wanted to capture the lives of the Khoi San people of Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa

The intimate pictures show people wearing modern - rather stylish - clothing, enjoying time with family and friends and sitting in simple but contemporary living accommodation with plenty of examples of current technologies.

There's Elsie Bock, wearing vibrant colour that would put any Parisian runway to shame, Adam Griekwa, enjoying time with his family outdoors near their home, and young Rasha-Ann Brou sitting on her bed in a room decorated with many photographs.

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The San currently make up of approximately 100,000 people who stretch across South Africa and have often had to fight for rights to their land, or displaced due to governmental wildlife conservation efforts.

Pictured, Ousie Swartz sits in her modern home for British photographer Thom Pierce, 39, who wanted to capture the daily life of her people

Pictured, Anne-Marie Jacobs and her siblings pose for British photographer Thom Pierce, 39, who wanted to capture the daily lives of the Khoi San people of Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa's First Nation

Pictured, Gert Tieties is one of the Khoi San people, one of the oldest cultures in the world known for their clicking language and history as a hunter-gatherer society

Pictured, Patrick 'Vetoek' Kaffer and Griet Koper pose for a photo series aiming to lift the lid off the perceptions of South Africa's First People, the Khoi San people of Andriesvale, Northern Cape

Pictured, young Rasha-Ann Brou, one of South Africa's Khoi San people, sitting on her bed in a room decorated with many photographs and a fuzzy teddy bear friend

Pictured, Jacobus and Mietha Van Wyk pose with their dog for British photographer Thom Pierce, 39. Mr Pierce, from Jersey, Channel Islands, wanted to illustrate the Khoi San people as they were

Pictured, Carolina 'Chocce' Brou in her bedroom shop breaks the stereotype of the Khoi San people as 'Bushmen' who supposedly wear skins and hunt animals

Pictured, Hortsie Boesman is one of the Khoi San people of Andriesvale, Northern Cape and South Africa's First People, who still live with regular discrimination due to commonly held stereotypes

Pictured, Katrina Willamiena Watboii sits on her bed for British photographer Thom Pierce, 39, who wanted to capture South Africa's First People, the Khoi San, for who they are today